The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-20
THE BREAKFAST TABLE.

THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
Ex-PREsIDENT WHITE, of Cornell, is presently
going to deliver his interesting lectures on the
French Revolution atJohns Hopkins University.
Oh her marriage with Senior Canovas del Cas-
til1o, Senorita de Osma received more than a
thousand presents, valued at more than $780,
600.
SOME of Zola's books were found in a New
Yoak Sunday school library the other day. The
librarian had selected the books on account of
their pretty bindings. d
NJ. MISSIONER is not as reported, suffering
from paralysis, but symptoms of that disease
have appeared in one hand and he will have to
stop work for considerable time.
IT is said that Postmaster-general Villas has
become almost millionaire since he entered the
Cabinet by the rapid development of mining land
on the southern shore of Lake Superior.
POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas has re-appoint :
ed young lady clerk in his department under
her name She inadvertently married a
gentleman clerk without notice or resignation as
required by the regulations. but Mr. Villas for
gave her when she said she would never do it
again"
WILLIAM D. HowELLs has lost caste in Bos-
ton through his endeavors in behalf of the An
archists. Says George Abbot Jones, of that city:
sit is clear that Mr. Howells has so come to love
the Russian Nihilists, charming in fiction. that
deeds as theirs"
THIS grateful Republic has immortalized tn
features of fifteen of her illustrious sons by
placing them on the postage stamps of the Ma
ton. viz. seven Presidents, three Secretaries of
State. one Secretary of War, one Secretary of
the Treasury, one Postmastergeneral, one
major-general and a commodore
DIR. MoRELL MAcKENzIE E, English physician
to the Crown Prince of Germany, has benevo-
ont han faca lis iS
high, his features regular and his mouth smil-
ing. He wears small English de-whiskers but
no mustache nor beard. He somewhat re-
sembles Bishop Henry G. Potter.
REV. j. c. KIMBALL. pastor of the Unity
Church, Hartford, Conn, who has caused such
storm by his recent sermon in defense of an.
archy, is warm advocate of the Darwinian
theory. He does not seem to see, however, that
in the consistent progress of evolution every dy-
namiter should eventually lose his head.
PROGRESSIVE OBSERVATION is the name of a
game which has become popular in Boston.
The players are shown a large number of arti-
cles of all kinds tray. In about half min
ute the tray is taken away, and the person who
is most successful in naming the articles on the
tray scores point. Bostonians like the game
because it gives them a chance to cultivate their
"intelectuals."
osITt is not generally known that camels, both
wild and tame are found in Texas, yet such is
the fact, and some of them are on exhibition at
the State fair at Dallas this fall The first of
these animals were brought to the State by the
government in 1852, to test their usefulness in
crossing the American desert to California. They
came from Arabia, and were the ancestors Of
those now in the State.
j. j. DAVID, German author, refers in
cent article to the fact that women have in some
departments of literature entirely supplanted
men. The explanation he gives of this state of
affairs is not very gallant. Women. he says,
In art, in life, they always follow the latest
fashion, realists to day, idealists tomorrow,
and therefore always sure to appeal to the taste
of the moment"
THE marriage of Miss Bancroft to Mr. Carroll
was surprise to Newport On Sept. 10, Mr..
Bancroft, the historian gave dinner to the
Duke Of Marlborough, and on that occasion the
host asked his guests to drink the health of NJ.
Lanzac, young Frenchman. whose engagement
to his granddaughter he announced The guests
were surprised, and Newport relolced IN a new
senation The wedding of Miss Bancroft 20 NJ.
Lanzac set for the last week in December.
''PEOPLE need not be surprised toshear that
the German Emperor able to kill several
deer during the chase last week in Count Stol-
berg W ernigerode's forests the Harz." says
London Truth. "The Emperor sits in easy
chair. and the creatures are driven along in a
herd at distance of less than twenty yards
from his gun which is handed to him by the jaeger
as they approach. 1t is difficult to conceive how
any sane man can derive either pleasure or sat
isfaction from such stupid butchery."
GOVERNOR TAYLOR, of Tennessee, recently told
of colored clergyman who preached a sermon on
the text: ''And the multitudes came to him,
and he healed them of divers diseases" Said he:
my dying congregation, this is terrible text.
Disease is in the word. The smallpox Stays its
and the cholera its thousands. and
the yellow fever its tens of thousands but. in
the language of the next. if you take the divers
These
the small pox. cholera and yellow fever if they
get there in time, but nobody but the good Lord
can cure the divers,
THE musical critic of the London World cries
out in his column: IF you think get angry
easily you are mistaken but do sometimes get
angry. For instance, there is Schott. the pub
Usher, sends me a set of charming songs, just
dozen, ten out of which are real gems. And by
whom do you think they are composedf By a
poor woman who barely contrives to make both
ends meet-by the Baroness w. de Rothschild.
Now, there is question for the unemployed.
Here is q lady who has everything that birth,
wealth and position can give. Why must she
have even that rare gift of original distinguished
and popular compositlonF
A VIENNA paper relates the following story
the German Crown Prince: The
Prince esteems his physician, DIR. Mackenzie
very highly, and the Doctors daughter is an in
innate friend of the Princess Margaret One
day. at Baveno, the Grown Prince heard the two
young ladies discuss the relative beauty of
German and English girls, Miss Mackenzie po-
litely insisting that the Germans were prettier.
while the Princess gave the preference to the
English. Whereupon the Crown Prince broke
his enforced silence and said that in his opinion
English girls would De quite pretty as Ger
mans if it were not for their high, bare fore
heads, which gave them too serious, masculine
appearance. and he spoke approvingly of the
fashion of wearing bangs. The next morning
Miss Mackenzie appeared with bangs.
LONG time alone you padded
Your kellogg canoe,
Your eggs" were never added
Good luck attended you;
You've got pilot keen and deft,
And anaanager. too, b gosh.
And cold s the day when he gets left,
OClara Louise Strakosch!
New York Graphic.